Barbara Fallon

Barbara Fallon furthers the strategic research goals of the university by working with academic divisions to define and track quantitative measures, further developing our culture of excellence in research and resourcing and supporting major team grants that benefit teams of faculty members. She is a professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare. Her research focuses on the collection and sharing of reliable, valid national and provincial data to provide an evidence-based understanding of the trajectories of children and families in the child welfare system. Fallon's transdisciplinary work, including as one of the co-leads of the Fraser Mustard Institute of Human Development Policy Bench, disseminates critical information to promote optimal child health and well-being.